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At least 27 Nigerian soldiers, including the commanding officer of the 149th Battalion, are killed and dozens of others wounded in a suicide bombing carried out by an Islamic State fighter in Malam-Fatori, Borno State, Nigeria.
2025-01-26

At least 102 people are killed during a mass shooting at a market and against homes in Tarmuwa, Yobe State, Nigeria, by over 50 Boko Haram militants.
2024-09-3

At a summit in Abuja, Nigeria, ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Niger, but continues to demand the release of deposed president Mohamed Bazoum and his family.
2024-02-24

The Governor of Osun State, Nigeria, Gboyega Oyetola, escapes an assassination attempt. As he addressed a crowd, gunmen, also carrying machetes and throwing rocks, attacked his position. According to authorities, he was unharmed, but some of his bodyguards were injured.
2020-10-18

Insurgents destroy a village in Gubio, Borno State, Nigeria, killing 81 residents. No group has claimed responsibility for the massacre, which is believed to have been carried out by the Islamist Boko Haram terror group.
2020-06-9

At least 30 people are killed in Gamboru, Borno State, in northeastern Nigeria after an improvised explosive device detonates at a market on a bridge. No group immediately took responsibility.
2020-01-6

A bomb explodes at a market place in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri killing at least four people.
2015-05-31

Voters in Nigeria go to the polls for a general election. Gunmen kill at least 15 voters including an opposition house of assembly candidate for Dukku in Gombe.
2015-03-28

A suicide car bombing outside a church in the Nigerian city of Bauchi kills 15 people and injures 42 others.
2012-06-3

Nigeria's State Security Service claim to have arrested Abul-Qaqa, a purported spokesman for the radical Islamist Boko Haram group.
2012-02-1